New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-15
LADIES OUT IN SQUALLS.
.,,xv nRrScHEp ON GARDENING YACHTS
INV ATLANTIC LEADS NORTHUMBERLAND IN
pIFyERENT CLAs6Es.

,,o.,,e, .elects the DAYS tor the regattas Of the
.Es tic Yacht Club does not seem 10 stand In
anoouially speaking with the chief OF the weather
sr...u The day he chose for the regular annual
uss io.t Tuesday was fransht with much hope,
,rsmeiy little realization and great deal OIL oAap
;nt,nent m tar az he wind was concerned A series
r. c.ms and squalls gave little opportunity ior rs"i
,ng and luck went further than sailing quai.'ies
20, back 10 the spring the clubs pfedic'er pu'
a.. ,rdex finger over the number fourteen on INC
IL n,ge of the at-edged calendar which occupies
.ncnoas place in the club house parlOr aho oecreeo
that should be painted red TO indicate 'ns' .n1
g. which IL denoted was The one nxed ior 'he ihuo'
tto In accordance Herewith the feminine iiiehos
Iega. .,iantc Chb,s members had their day yester-
- IN, Il WAS not such day as ts popularity KNOWN
"!' ,adias day among ysohtsmen. In faet IL ~as an
-, ,rdort cutter day, with piping breeze anu
- 60. on even in the land-locked upper DAY, anu
e. ladies' would have been much L. ore cohior'"''o
"a aoDs,dersbly drier had they stayed at home, III
s "a sai,ipa around the harbor In yachts which had
go; rails buried In the water from the start 10 inc
e,sh Rut they were not to be deferred IRON having
,be, oav's sport by such little thing as
Nv Had they not had neat yachting costumes
and iauny sailor hats made cspeoisy Ior ,is occa-
so and What would be the use OF them nnicss they
80 Ill, Accordingly they gathered at the club
souss between and o'clock In the afternoon and
we've taken oil in gigs In groups OF nan uo]en Ut
mora 10 the various yachts at anchor aons the snore
IA long as the anchors were down ana the ooa'S
rs
- thew were as merry schoolgirls playing tag,
hut when the sails set and the yachts got
under way change came over the scene afe nuns
-, over ON their beam ends and the ladies, aftsr
emitting few screams hung on 10 tine wes!her ran
like grim DEATH" and looked frightened Before they
40, ashore AGAIN many OF them were Grenched
Tba nreparatory gun fired by Captain Gregory
q and the brst stai ting signal at 3:24 Accord
80 the conditions of the race all the boats were
rug soi from the starting line betw cen the Atlantic
Rasin and stake BOAT anchored abreast OF 1t to and
sronnd buoy No. is of Owls Head, to and around q
sfskebost at the mouth OF the Kill Won hul to and
ronnd stakeboat at Oyster Island and return TO the
starting point The estimated TO be about
sicht miles long. Each yacht Was allowed TO carry
20 l.dy tor every ten feet OF alter line length and
20 cna,i 40 ainst accident all were forbidden TO carry
lin fopsails, spinnakers and maintopmhst stay
sais There was no temptation 10 preak tne RUE III
xegard 10 sail and even working topsahs anu nying
H. wel g found uncomfortable TO carry Inere were
Gspty 1--WE starters and they were divided into the
usual classes those in classes A. ana starting
1bs b,g white soop Atlantic has been her custom
this year. got away nrst sne crosse inc nno VIII
Coming from the southeast began to fIeshen INTO
n third OF gale and, TO the ladies aboard from
r. mo- sniled il was taken in The schooners LeoDa,
Grazing. Vidette, Wivern. and Geraia followed In
that order. The Grsylng quickly showed her superb
ority TO the other boats OF her type by leaving long
stretch OF clear water between her stern and their
st.ms and she went bunting for the Atlantic. The
commander OF the Southern Cross In his anxiety 10
get good start got over the line before gun fire ard
iulres was declared out OF the racs
Classes ID, Z, + AID Giwere sigDaled to start at
roo ana got away q bunch. OF these the Athlon,
somemes ioculary referred TO as racing sloop, was
timed first and then came the Shamrock, Rover.
NiIyana Adelaide, hildesarde, Fanny. Oracle Ari-
asne Epterpnse Roamer, and Onward. n he Onward
was handicapped, crossing 80 seconds after the ex-
nration OF the ive-minute time allowance
Eat 334 the last gun was tired and classes III, ],
and started in this order Rival, Arab, Tourist,
Clean Nyssa, Frolic and nderan.
! The wind not steady. Every once in while
souau would come from Long Island and getting
coed purchase on the sails would send the lee rails
vel under water and hold them there Tor minute or
two AT time. IL seemed 10 have playful disposition
and to be irving to find how far its beam ends
q YACHT could be driven without capsizing Just MS
the ladies began to think that heir last moments had
come and the romantic young men to speculate upon
their chances OF becoming heroes and catching HAND
some or wealthy wives by saving them from watery
Graves the wind would let up for few minutes ana
the deck would somewhere near its normal level
were only too glad TO cover up their fr0cks and save
their e, inns with Oilskin coats and sou westers
brought from the forecastls.
The Atlantic seemed TO reve In such weather and 1t
vonld have taken q pretty smart steamer to keep
aide of her With only mainsail foTessil and jib
at .6e f.w over the eight-iie in 81 minutes
and 43 seconds at the rate OF nearly fourteen miles
an hour She had competitors IN her class The
Crawling also bad wslk-Over. In class the Vidette
won beating the Geras minutes 10 seconds. In
class d the Shamrock beat the Fanny minutes 80
seeopds in class 4 the Athlon beat the Onward
minutes seconds, In class q the Adelaide beat the
Roverl minute rs seconds in class II, the Rival beat
the Tourist minutes 81 seconds. in class the Arab
bear the Nyss4 IA minutes % seconds. and IN class
K the Froic beat the Clean Z minutes 34 seconds.
The times OF stsrting and nis hing and the elapsed
and corrected times are:
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